How high is the drop in Pirates, we have some family who are not fans of that drop feeling.:ROFLOL:
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Pirates Drop?
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EPCOT Explorer
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It's not a drop, it's a slope. :lol:
Matt and Kelly
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HA! Yeah, you will have no problem with the "drop" on Pirates at all. DL's version may be a bit of a different story, but certainly nothing to worry about at WDW
Studios Fan
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Agreed. :lol:
EPCOT Explorer
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And yet my Mother screams bloody murder when she rides PoTC.
She did not speak to me for days after I got her on Splash.:lookaroun
Animaniac93-98
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Isn't it 14ft. high at a 21 degree angle? Where's Martin when you need him!? :lol:
There's absolutely nothing to worry about, really.
There's absolutely nothing to worry about, really.
harveyt0206
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The worst part about the drop is that you think it's going to be worse than it really is because it is in the dark. After you ride it once you go "oh, okay. That was nothing" I would take a small child on it and not worry at all. There are no protectitve bars to "hold you in" if that tells you anything.
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Yep, 14ft. More a slope than a drop as said. By the time you realise you are on it, it`s over.
Matt and Kelly
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:lol: Yeah, I'd say that's definitely a big step up...Pirates to Splash...I could see how she would have been mad at you!
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draybook
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I understand completely. My son and I are the same way. This past trip in December is when we overcame that fear. It actually started on Maelstrom over at Epcot.We kept our eyes open and looked straight ahead. Then we did the same with Pirates. You'll still get that "tickle" feeling, as my son calls it. But once you do it it shouldn't bother you again.
xsupaxmanxsfnex
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I forget where I found this picture but I have no clue if it is WDW or DLR. Can anyone help me out?
kerrie
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DisneyPrincess5
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It's no biggie. My mother dispises drops and she does this and thinks it's fun.
DizneyPryncess
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I was trying to find out if there was an expectant mother warning, and I don't believe there is one. So it can't be that bad.
Well I can tell you that the first time we took our son on Pirates (he was almost 3) he was so terrified by the drop (or waterfall as he called it) that he adamantly refused to ride it ever again. He wouldn't even go near the building, so my husband and I had to spend many trips taking turns riding Pirates while the other one stayed with the boy.
When he was 5 we'd had enough of the silliness and dragged him on it literally kicking and screaming the entire way (oh and we got many stares lol). We wanted to prove to him that the drop he was imagining in his head from when he was 3 was NOT A BIG DEAL. He cried hysterically through the entire beginning of the ride, shaking, wanting out...and then the BIG SCARY DROP came...the moment he'd been dreading for 2 years.
When it was over he stopped crying and said "that was it?" :lol: "That was fun!!!" He's been a HUGE fan of the ride ever since and loves to "survive" the drop and feel all macho about it now. :lol:
When he was 5 we'd had enough of the silliness and dragged him on it literally kicking and screaming the entire way (oh and we got many stares lol). We wanted to prove to him that the drop he was imagining in his head from when he was 3 was NOT A BIG DEAL. He cried hysterically through the entire beginning of the ride, shaking, wanting out...and then the BIG SCARY DROP came...the moment he'd been dreading for 2 years.
When it was over he stopped crying and said "that was it?" :lol: "That was fun!!!" He's been a HUGE fan of the ride ever since and loves to "survive" the drop and feel all macho about it now. :lol:
EPCOT Explorer
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Has he ever been on Splash?:lookaroun
Yes. He will never forgive me for that one. :lol:
He's a weird kid. Wants nothing to do with Splash Mountain ever again, but wants to ride California Screamin' 83282 times in a row.